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professional fighters are those who contend for the prize (money or gift) which has monetary value exceeding $75.
This oversimplifies New York law. Article 41 does not make every fighter competing for more than $75 a professional, because amateurs may compete for the amount allowed by an authorized amateur sanctioning entity, and 'professional' is defined only as someone who is 'other than an amateur.'
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New York's combative-sports statute defines amateur and professional more narrowly than this sentence suggests.
- The official text of General Business Law Article 41 says an amateur is a participant who is not competing for anything of value above "seventy-five dollars or the allowable amount established by the authorized amateur sanctioning entity overseeing the competition."
- The same section says a professional is a participant "other than an amateur" who is receiving or competing for, or has ever received or competed for, compensation above that threshold.
So the article's claim is inaccurate because it presents "exceeding $75" as a complete standalone test for being a professional in New York. The statute itself includes an amateur-sanctioning-entity exception and also makes professional status depend on being other than an amateur.
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- General Business Law Article 41 Combative Sports | New York Department of State
§ 1000. Definitions... "Amateur" means any participant... not receiving or competing for... any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing of value exceeding seventy-five dollars or the allowable amount established by the authorized amateur sanctioning entity overseeing the competition... "Professional" means any participant... other than an amateur... receiving or competing for... any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing exceeding seventy-five dollars in value.
- New York General Business Law § 1000 | NYSenate.gov
"Amateur" means any participant... who is not receiving or competing for... any purse, money, prize, pecuniary gain, or other thing of value exceeding seventy-five dollars or the allowable amount established by the authorized amateur sanctioning entity overseeing the competition... "Professional" means any participant... other than an amateur...